{{Short description|Swedish actress and model}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Janet Ågren | image = Janet Ågren 1975c.jpg | caption = Ågren in 1975 | other_names = {{hlist|Janet Maietto<ref>{{Cite web |title=Recent Project: Master Bedroom - Laura Covington Interiors |url=http://lauracovington.com/2011/02/recent-project-master-bedroom/ |access-date=2026-03-16 |language=en-US}}</ref>|Janet A. Fernandez<ref>{{Cite web |title=Elevate Your Space with Janet Fernandez's Designs |url=https://marymahoney.com/pages/janet |access-date=2026-03-16 |website=Mary Mahoney |language=en}}</ref>}} | birth_name = Lena Janet Yvonne Ågren | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1949|04|06}} | birth_place = Landskrona, Scania Province, Sweden | occupation = {{flatlist| *Actress *model }} | years_active = 1968–1991 }}
'''Lena Janet Yvonne Ågren''' (born 6 April 1949) is a Swedish former actress and model, known for her roles in Italian exploitation films.<ref>[http://hd.se/landskrona/2007/08/12/borstahustjejen-som-blev-i-italien/ Borstahustjejen som blev filmstjärna i Italien] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927144424/http://hd.se/landskrona/2007/08/12/borstahustjejen-som-blev-i-italien/ |date=27 September 2013 }} 12 August 2007 "Janet Ågren är i dag 58 år gammal och jobbar som inredningsarkitekt i Miami. "</ref>
== Early life == Ågren was born in Landskrona, Scania Province, a town she once described to Italian entertainment journalists as a "Northern Naples".<ref>Sydsvenskan: [http://www.sydsvenskan.se/kultur--nojen/lars-hakan-svensson-laser-om-landskrona/ Lars-Håkan Svensson läser om Landskrona] 26 January 2006 "Så illa var det inte förr även om jag erinrar mig att en av stadens forna storheter, Janet Ågren, en gång i ett försök att ge italienska nöjesjournalister en idé om vad för slags miljö hon kom ur karakteriserade sin hemstad som ett Nordens Neapel."</ref> After winning a beauty contest in Copenhagen, she began a modeling career, notably for Christian Dior.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Björck |first=Joakim |date=2007-08-12 |title=Borstahustjejen som blev filmstjärna i Italien |url=https://www.hd.se/landskrona/borstahustjejen-som-blev-filmstjarna-i-italien/ |access-date=2026-03-16 |website=HD |language=sv}}</ref> Her modeling career brought her to Rome where she studied acting at the Drama School directed by Alessandro Fersen.<ref name=hdh>{{cite book|last=Enrico Lancia, Fabio Melelli|title=Le straniere del nostro cinema|year=2005|publisher=Gremese Editore, 2005|isbn=8884403502}}</ref>
== Acting career == Ågren made her film debut in Luciano Salce's ''Colpo di stato'',<ref name="hdh" /> and her early roles included the Michael Caine film ''Pulp'' (1972) as a receptionist, and the Jack Lemmon comedy ''Avanti!'' (1972) as a nurse. She appeared in 57 films, including ''The Left Hand of the Law'' (1975), Lucio Fulci's ''City of the Living Dead'' (1980), Umberto Lenzi's ''Eaten Alive!'' (1980), ''Panic'' (1982), ''Red Sonja'' (1985), the Bud Spencer comedy ''Aladdin'' (1986) and the cult horror film ''Ratman'' (1988). In the early 1980s, she also had a brief musical career.<ref>"Janet Agren canta il rap e sogna il teatro «serio»". ''La Stampa''. 28 August 1983. p. 16.</ref>
== Personal life == Ågren is married to Italian film producer Carlo Maietto.<ref name="hdh" />
Ågren left acting in the early 1990s and moved to the US where she currently resides. She works as an interior designer and decorator in Miami.<ref name=":0" />
== Selected filmography == {{Div col}} *''Donne... botte e bersaglieri'' (1968) – Rika *''The Two Crusaders'' (1968) – Clorinda *''Normal Young Man'' (1969) – Diana *''One on Top of the Other'' (1969) – Girl looking for Neurosedyl (uncredited) *''Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You'' (1970) – (uncredited) *''Du soleil plein les yeux'' (1970) – Monica *''Io non spezzo... rompo'' (1971) – Carla Viganò *''Io non vedo, tu non parli, lui non sente'' (1971) – Monica Gorletti *''Pulp'' (1972) – Publisher's Receptionist *''Life Is Tough, Eh Providence?'' (1972) – Stella *''Avanti!'' (1972) – Nurse *''The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life'' (1972) – Simonetta *''Master of Love'' (1972) – Maddalena *''Fiorina la vacca'' (1972) – Tazia *''Tecnica di un amore'' (1973) – Monica *''Ingrid sulla strada'' (1973) – Ingrid *''The Killer Reserved Nine Seats'' (1974) – Kim *''The Profiteer'' (1974) – Teresa Adiutori *''Erotomania'' (1974) – Ciccia Persichetti *''Paolo Barca, Schoolteacher and Weekend Nudist'' (1975) – Giulia Hamilton *''The Left Hand of the Law'' (1975) – Gloria *''Sensualidad'' (1975) – María José *''Chi dice donna dice donna'' (1976) – Anita (segment "Ma non ci sposano") *''Vai col liscio'' (1976) – Celeste *''Per amore'' (1976) – Daniela Rovati *''Stato interessante'' (1977) – Carla (first story) *''Bermuda: Cave of the Sharks'' (1978) – Angelica *''The Uranium Conspiracy'' (1978) – Helga *''The Perfect Crime'' (1978) – Lady Gloria Boyd *''Deadly Chase'' (1978) – Giulia Medici *''The Iron Commissioner'' (1978) – Vera *''Lobster for Breakfast'' (1979) – Monique Dubois *''7 ragazze di classe'' (1979) – Laura *''Maria – Nur die Nacht war ihr Zeuge'' (1980) – Maria *''Eaten Alive!'' (1980) – Sheila Morris *''City of the Living Dead'' (1980) – Sandra *''Prestami tua moglie'' (1980) – Ingrid Nillsen *''L'onorevole con l'amante sotto il letto'' (1981) – Anna Vinci *''La gatta da pelare'' (1981) – Margaret *''Don't Play with Tigers'' (1982) – Frau Kuppler *''Sogni mostruosamente proibiti'' (1982) – Dalia *''Panic'' (1982) – Jane Blake *''L'inceneritore'' (1982) *''Dagger Eyes'' (1983) – Pamela *''Occhio, malocchio, prezzemolo e finocchio'' (1983) – Helen *''Questo e Quello'' (1983) – Lucilla (segment "Questo... amore impossibile") *''Vediamoci chiaro'' (1984) – Geneviève *''Red Sonja'' (1985) – Varna *''Hands of Steel'' (1986) – Linda *''Aladdin'' (1986) – Janet Haddin *''Karate Warrior'' (1987) – Julia Scott *''Night of the Sharks'' (1988) – Liz Ziegler *''Ratman'' (1988) – Terry *''Magdalene'' (1988) – Anna *''Per sempre'' (1991) – Eleonora Rondi (final film role) {{div col end}}
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == {{Commons category}} * {{IMDb name|0013302}} * [http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/search?q=%28%C3%85gren%2C+Janet%29 National Library of Sweden Catalog – Janet Ågren] {{Authority control}}
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